I went to a poultry auction to buy some chickens

[madzone]

and came back with a pregnant guinea pig, a rabbit and 2 manky geese called george and mildred

 

[sheothebudworths]

Well Done

.... .....(there's not actually very much more I can think of to say in reply to that..... )

 

[Griff]

Are you going to cook the pregnant guinea-pig?

 

[sheothebudworths]

It was SOOOO obvious.....

....Damn You Griff!!!

 

[madzone]

Are you going to cook the pregnant guinea-pig?

Not until she's given birth

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Blimey madz, they saw you coming, didn't they? This is the best laugh I've had all day. btw, I once 'babysat' a gander called White Honky while the owner was on holiday.

 

[madzone]

It was the most bizarre thing I've been to in a long time. People were going mental. The chickens I wanted went for about £48 There were chickens there which you could have got delivered from a breeder for £7 each going for £20 each. They were buying 2nd hand equipment for more than you could buy it new. Madness. The woman next to me paid £30 for a rabbit.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I saw some wonderful fowl in a market in France last week (week before?). Ridiculously cheap point-of-lay, ducklings, Guinea fowl etc....made me nostalgic for my poultry keeping days. no indian runners though, or I might have been trying to persuade hendo & Ms T to indulge in illegal movement of poultry across borders

 

[madzone]

There were stacks of Indian runners there today. The ducks went for more than the chickens.
I'm glad we got the geese - the bloke we were bidding against was going to kill them

 

[tobyjug]

and came back with a pregnant guinea pig, a rabbit and 2 manky geese called george and mildred

Sounds like Christmas dinner is sorted then.

 

[madzone]

Sounds like Christmas dinner is sorted then.

None of it sounds more appetising than beef though.

 

[tobyjug]

None of it sounds more appetising than beef though.

There is a cracking beef recipe in Rick Stein's new book, French Odyssey:- Bullfighter's Beef Stew with macoranade.

 

[madzone]

There is a cracking beef recipe in Rick Stein's new book, French Odyssey:- Bullfighter's Beef Stew with macoranade.

Phwoar - sounds lush. Our first home produced beef will be ready in November so I'm really looking forward to that in a sad sort of way. We always have Beef Wellington on Christmas day because I'm shite at cooking turkey

 

[WouldBe]

There is a cracking beef recipe in Rick Stein's new book, French Odyssey:- Bullfighter's Beef Stew with macoranade.

What on earth is macoranade?

It sounds like a fizzy drink made from pasta.

 

[tobyjug]

What on earth is macoranade?

It sounds like a fizzy drink made from pasta.

500g macaroni
250ml beef stock (or liquid from the beef stew).
75g Parmesan.

Bring large pan of salted water to the boil.
add macaroni, stir once, boil 6-8 minutes or until tender but al dente.
Preheat grill to high
Drain macaroni add half of it to well buttered shallow oven proof dish.
add half the hot beef stock using a spoon.
sprinkle over 1/2 the cheese
repeat the sequence.
Grill for 3-4 minutes until golden and bubbling.

 

[Wolfie]

call the police!!!

 

[tobyjug]

call the police!!!

Why? They have their own canteen.

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

Madzone hunny You ROCK

 

[madzone]

Madzone hunny You ROCK

I couldn't not buy the geese. They had this sign on the cage saying 'We are George & Mildred. We have always been together and are really bonded. We have even brought up our own children'

How could you eat them after reading that?

 

[sheothebudworths]

There's a big difference between not eating them and buying them though madz......

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

I couldn't not buy the geese. They had this sign on the cage saying 'We are George & Mildred. We have always been together and are really bonded. We have even brought up our own children'

How could you eat them after reading that?

I'd have done exactly the same

 

[maomao]

How could you eat them after reading that?

Roasted, with potatoes.

 

[sheothebudworths]

We have a communal garden shared by 10 kids - otherwise I might consider buying them myself......

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

They'd keep each other fit

 

[sheothebudworths]

Kill them in the process more like.....

 

[madzone]

There's a big difference between not eating them and buying them though madz......

But the bloke we were bidding against was going to eat them They were only 14 quid, cheap for a rescue mission

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

Kill them in the process more like.....

who? the geese or the children???

 

[sheothebudworths]

The children hopefully.

 

[madzone]

There were some of these chickens there



and my 7 yr old said, 'Wow, those chickens are stuck in the 80's'

 

[sheothebudworths]

One of the kids upstairs went over on to heo's allotment and sawed through a beautiful honeysuckle that was climbing all over one of the tree trunks and along the fence (in his defence, he said 'But it was dead!' ), then 'released' the frog from it's lovely home in the pond......it returned, but has disappeared again now......<plays the violin>..... ....and we suspect that the hand of Carl might have played a part......

I dread to think what he'd do to a couple of old geese - the poor bastards......